Tom Schwartz Posts Pic of Rumored Girlfriend Kiana Carroll While Celebrating Her 27th Birthday as Fans React to 16-Year Age Gap
Tom Schwartz has sparked rumors of a potential romance with model Kiana Carroll.
As he celebrated the 27-year-old’s birthday on Tuesday and enjoyed a night out with friends around the same time, the 43-year-old
“Happy birthday [Kiana Carroll],” he wrote in the caption of a pic of Kiana with her hands over her face.
In another image, which also included friends Israel and Rachel, Tom and Kiana were seen posing together at a tree lit with pink lights.
On Kiana’s Instagram page, which is followed by several cast members from
After the photos were shared on Tom’s Instagram Story of Kiana, fans went off on Reddit, complaining that the model is too young for the reality star.
Following the sharing of a post that asked, “Schwartz’s new girlfriend,” one person wondered why Tom was “dating a girl half his age.”
“Because women his age know better,” someone replied.
Another person wrote, “The only reason a man in their 40s goes after a woman in their 20s is because most [women] around their age would never put up with half [the] sh*t they do!”
“Schwartz is incapable of being a real partner so only a girl in her 20s would put up with that,” shared someone else.
Others suspected that Tom was dating someone in their 20s “because that is his maturity level,” and they wondered if he was following in the footsteps of former co-star
“‘I saw Tom Sandoval dating a 20-something model, so I started dating a 20-something model’ – Tom Schwartz,” one fan stated.
On the October 8 episode of Untraditionally Lala, Tom addressed rumors of a secret romance with Lala, 35, saying that the woman he was dating was “in on the joke” and “gets it.”
He also said she was “not just a fling.”
“I was texting my best friend Jesus this morning and I was like, ‘Man, I’m really digging somebody right now,’” he admitted.
As for the future, Tom said he’d be “really sad” if he didn’t have kids by the time he was 50.
“I’ll probably have an existential meltdown,” he shared. “I feel better than I’ve ever felt in my life. I feel healthy and I’m happy. I’m in a good place, but yeah, I want kids, man. But I don’t want to be so rigid with timelines and stuff that I deny myself being in the moment and happy.”
John Lynch Addresses Brock Purdy-Mac Jones Tension Amid 49ers QB Battle
The San Francisco 49ers are 4-1 and sitting atop the NFC West, and two quarterbacks are responsible for their success.
Mac Jones led them to wins in Weeks 2, 3 and 5 against the New Orleans Saints, Arizona Cardinals, and Los Angeles Rams, respectively, and Brock Purdy went 1-1 against the Seattle Seahawks and Jacksonville Jaguars, respectively.
And while Purdy just signed a five-year, $265 million contract extension over the summer, Jones has outperformed him on the field, prompting some to question if there's a genuine quarterback controversy.
In his two appearances, Purdy has averaged 293 yards passing per game with four touchdowns, four interceptions, and an 85.8 passer rating, while Jones is averaging 302 yards passing per game with six touchdowns, one interception, and a 99.1 passer rating.
Though there's mounting speculation the growing of calls for Jones to remain the team's starter even when Purdy is healthy, general manager John Lynch addressed the rumors of any tension between his two QBs this week during an appearance on KNBR radio.
"I do wholeheartedly believe that Brock is nothing but happy for our team," Lynch said. "He's working his tail off to try to get back and I think we all feel blessed and fortunate that we found a guy to be our backup this year who can go in and play like a starter and earn us tough, hard-fought wins. Mac's doing a tremendous job. It's been fun.
“We've talked about the process he's gone through and you could see throughout the offseason, through training camp, the confidence built, and some of those innate abilities that we saw way back in college come to the forefront, and it's cool to see that happen on a big stage,” he added.
Lynch took things a step further and pulled back the curtain, so to speak, to how Purdy has handled watching his team go undefeated with his understudy.
"A cool quality about Brock Purdy is he's one of the most self-assured people in a very humble way," Lynch continued. "It's hard to explain, but I think it's one of the things that appealed to us. He's just very confident in his abilities, but he's just a good guy. He's got an incredible amount of humility."
Judging from Lynch's comments, even if Purdy wasn't a $53 million-per-year passer, his job would still be safe despite Jones' career renaissance.
